Daily Republican., 1887-11-30
FOURTH EDITION
Tn,. Marnipe,a Court.

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bond fcr the sr auipg year, with n 7.
walton, john P. Almond, William
Baxter and Archibald Given ~ his
bondsmep.
As soon rs this business was disposed
of the trial Of Joseph 3 Richardson VS..
ChAvlss W. Horn WAS again taken up,
and Richard Register VAS called for the
d,fepse. lie testified that ho had
worked ut the Richardson mill. and
that the ensipe, boiler aud machinery
were all In bad order. just before IL
was leased to Mr.. Horn, Mr.. Richard.
son told him 10 be careful how he hrcd
the boiler, as ID bad been condemned
and be did not think IL safe TO carry tco
much steam.
Mr.. Higgins cross eyamiped the wit
ness at length, but nothing different
from his direct testimony Was brought
out.
John Ward testified that he made re.
pairs to the corn mill after Mr. Horn
ook charge and found it IN n very bad
c. ndiii,p. He worked on st four days,
and when be Il ished Is Was 10 eondl.
tion TO erind corn.
Jonas Hoverier vas sworn, and testi
fed that he Is sawyer and had run
thu mill for Mr.. Horn. He found II In Q
bAd condition. Tie engine and boiler
both had to be moved aud new beltip G
put in, but sven taea 1t WAS impossibls
TO saw q log through without stopp log.
The iorebAy Wa a!so IN bad order AID
had to be rebuilt.
William Forbes testified that he had
also been employed NJ the mill while
Mr. Horn had It, and worked two wetki
in tying to puG 1t In runni az orc or
Mr Horn tried TO run the mill awhile,
ard then gave It mp 10 the witnets, wht
also found thai II Was impossible TO dC
anything with II. IL WAS impossible tC
Tell anything aoc ut the machinery until
IL wss started.
One day last year the witness me
sir. Richardson On Madison street, thii
city, and he accused the witness o.
having committed Crim inai oct IL
;akiug Some iron from the mill, fo
which he could be cent to New Castle
He then produced paper, which sc
1 forth that Mr.. Hcrn had abused th'
machinery and employ ed ircompeten
4 men to run IL After the witness reat
this paper Mr.. Richardson told hin
that II he wou.d sign Il he would 10
pfosee ute him, so Ls wanted IL for tb
purpose CT MAKING old Horn pay for tn
mill.
The witness refused 10 sign the paper
aod told him that II he had done any
tU!ng wrong ne would have TO send HIN
- New Castle. Ths iron that ne col,
was some old etuff that was lS in
AT, und the mill, and for which be II
c-ived $ll. He Lu; e. more TO thi
money and used t for the purpose o
buyipg new taws, and making othe
uesdsd repairs 10 the mill After tn
witness took the mill It was no. use,
for much else than making kinj.iOl
4 wood.
On cross examination the wliDeR
said there wac ten Or dozen pulley
s among the old iToa that he sold, bu
some OF them were broken.
TOMAS j. Talley tee etifird that he Is
: lrmbsr dealer la this city, and has bee
p engaged In the business about fou
~ yeErs. He saw the lumber ~ the mi
= wben Mr.. Horn took possession Of 4
= aud juo ged that there was about % 90
sr leet. Tho msj Jsiiy OF this iuntcr va
a il bad order, and he remarked 10 Nj
>, Eerp, 'old man ou're stuck"
"a Samuel ) Alams tes.ihodl that he !
Q boilir maker, and has beeh engage
V 1T tie t1siness for thirty -f.e years. II
~ first saw the boiler that Is NJ the Rel
AZ ardsOn mill In 1881 q. Remington
aCh!De thop; IL was there ior repair
suat time. According TO the witness
was not worth the repairs; he neat sa
, the boiler In the woods near Newark;
d man had 1t there r1nuing saw mil
The witness thought Iha. was in lso
apd he then put several pA.caes on 1t.
The next time he saw the boiler
was IN Mr. RicbE rdson's mill; n
. F,rbes sent fer him to repair IL, but
did oot do any thing except to look
- Il. he told Mr.. Forbes that he won
mena II IL he would take the respon:
biIity in csse anything happened. b
n as ha refuGed, the witness declined
ed have anything TO do with II. VIII
the boiler WAS AZ kemingtor's the for
~ Inan Lold the witness that 1t Was D
nd worth repairing.
= james Porter testified that he keeps
~ livery stable on French street near "
cy horn s place Of business he was pre-
Re en, at the interview between Horn 81
- K c1ardson, ard tie former was Vi.
IS Gala. throughout.
IN Tae defense rested with thia witnes
and Mr.. Higgins called James ID. Ca
us ve7 Ia rebuttal. He testified that
IT'S oMlei the enaine aud boiler IL lssl,s
used I tIr saving. IL did his wol
we4 aud Il a satisfactory manner
hsl his mil n Hsre's Corner, sad C
re, aud Sh!te OAK ard Other Rinds
~oot. He had cut from 3 500 10 4 q
feet af lumber day, but Eelo oIn ruI
10 day at time.
engine came from Philadelph
q ar. y AS as good as was ever built.
. va -A.ed at % horse power, but t-t Ley
I'm rul il at more than 70, as he look
me- 10 safety than speed. He never
he loved more than sixty pounds OF stei
on he boiler, and considered II sale W
AZ Tia amount. The engine and boi
81 Il him, but lie did not suppose Ii
y "a4d have suited everybody, as so
In. p Z are always in a hurry aud want
dt a.e everything sheai. lie sold the
ID. @i. and boiler 10 man near Glasgo
,n saw mil on the railroad N
D. r;ts mill was run with II Tor 50
e. Ul
,ales Pennington testified that he is
81 .heer and has run this engine q
, q er at Hare's Corner, Newark and
r E.aAardsor . Mil. The engine was
good condition and liver needed rep4
an, - once, white he run. lie corsice
sts: II boiler perfectly sale With 60 or
US., 5g-hus OF steani. lie had no diihcult5
50 = .ug when Tie saw vas IN good con
- lanes +. Higgins siided that h
zht agent III Ln.s city OF the ~
EAlroad Company. He Identified seye
Ills o aden for lumber, which had b.
,asrtd ever hat rod to Ric clsrdsc
Mi.
Mr.. Higgins offered these bills in c
! ice and Mr.. Lore objected, but the
ZION was oyerruled by the Court.